Driving And Operating - Cadillac ATS Owner's Manual

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Driving and Operating

Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Drunk Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Track Events and Competitive
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . 222
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . 223
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . 225
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . 229
Carbon Fiber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Engine Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Shifting Into Park (Automatic
Transmission) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 239
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Manual Transmission
Manual Transmission . . . . . . . . . 242
Active Rev Match . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Drive Systems
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Brakes
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Parking Brake (Electric) . . . . . . 246
Parking Brake (Manual) . . . . . . 248
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . 249
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . 251
Competitive Driving Mode
(LF4 and V-Series Only) . . . . 252
Limited-Slip Rear Axle (Except
LF4 and V-Series) . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Limited-Slip Rear Axle
(LF4 and V-Series Only) . . . . 255
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . 258
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance Systems . . . 266
Assistance Systems for
Parking or Backing . . . . . . . . . . 266
Assistance Systems for
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Front Automatic Braking (FAB)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Side Blind Zone
Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . 275
Lane Departure
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . 277